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Highland Park Press, 2 May 1929, p. 6

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Ita---------"--.-..-----... DIVISION .900 GIVE DANCE IN WAUKEGAN One of Most Successful Ever? Given. Large o,UJttttwet i lhursday, April.25, Division 900, A. A. of ' A. E. S. R. of A..emplpyes of 'the Noggth Shore line and Metro- politan, arid Marigold coaches gave their 25th annual dancing party at the, Valentin Ball roam at Waukegan. .. Everyone had .a big trme,_dattcintr from nine until, one o'clock, and when Jerry and his boys played the last number it was the closing of a delightful evening to be remembered by all. The fall dance will be looked. forward to with the greatest antici- pation. P . "The music Iwas furnished by Jerry Snyder and his troubadours; whokept the people-dancing. The singing of different numbers by members of the orchestra was" an innovation of “the evenipg's ‘7 pleasures. The radio stars from station W. C. F, L. great- ly pleased the audience. . V Bead a very busy evening.' Much credit is due the committee for the-tsplendid work, in putting over this mostVsuc- tressfy) dance. At 10 o'clock that evening there ,‘Were over three -thotts- arid people dancing-. To shyi“the par' ty was a huge suceess" is "'putting it mildly." May their next dance be iin even greater success. . Boy and Girl Hit by Cars are in Hospital with Skull Fractures (Cpntihued from Page FA) the pavement. He suffered a basic skull fracture and a gash in the head, but was not run over by the auto, it was reported. . -F'raulini was released under bonds in the sum df 815,000. Police report that several witnesses bf the atfnir were of the opinion that it was acer, dental. ' The boy was taken at once to the Hfghland Park hospital, where on Tuesday “has reported that he was eontsciout0nd appeared to be on the way to recovery. - we T ‘YI Attends Thursday Old Quilt Displayed .other accident. Was probably antici- Building reports for the last halfi . of April show.Highland Park improve- 1 C Jerry ments about holding- their own,. as? Jokept comparedwvitli previous records. The ring 0ft list ofiermits issued for new build-) of the', ings, alterations, etc., since last re-) of iii) port in these pages is as follows; giv- i radio,iintr name of owner, loeatitm of im-) great- ; prdvement, character of improvement f . V Lurestinurted: cost: _ . _ ', prizest Rev. Laeersimmss,-1202 Sunnyside a Ford) lane, dwelling, $15,000, ' aimen’sl J. J. Harrinirfon, ”108 N. First? bveraistreet, public garage, $35,000. T - suit' ll-'" Railroad Men's Come, new steps. more serious. It occurred about tey o'elock Sunday night when ", Mary!, Schmidt, ‘15, daughter of W. J.1 Schmidt,'640 Homewood avenue, was) starting across Green Bay road to- ward her home. __ Shells gtrgekuby an auto driven by Joe Perry, 480 Mon- roe avenue, Glencoe, going south. -Ae- cording to the report to the police1 it appeared that the right fender ofl tleear struck the girl, who was hurl-1 led to the pavement, suffering a free-E ture of the shall. She was reported) somewhat improved Tuesday a.t thel hospital, where she was taken, but) her condition was still considered 38-3 rious.. Perry has held. - i Building Permits . - . Recently Issued in Highland Park Tthiv" o} “flighland'l Park; 444 High- land plaiee, south side fire".,!statiott; mtr,3trtr.' ”x" _'"r-r'" ,7; Cf, - "t _ ‘4 __-_ "'Ffs"L' Richards, 244 Green Bay road, garage, 300. *4: V i 713.111. Riuaur, 249 N. Greén Bay, garage, $300. _ ' I, u T‘EGAPRichards, 234 North Green Bay, garage, $300. A._ - . . GM;S.i Ifanypapns, 2111 Ashland avenue, garage additiop,-$300. . Hugh Larson, 1886 Burton avenue, garage, $300. -- A V LGiis 'Ori, _1337 Barton avenue. traiigev$300. __ "---.- - --v V Deerfield Police Near .. Solution of Forgery _ of Improvement Bonds After a search that extended thru the middle west and southwesetrn states, the Deerfield po1iee-orcTues- day reported that the forgery of pub- lie improvement bonds for the village of Deerfield was near a ‘solution through the arrest of a man in Val.. Paraiso, Ind., who is believed to be a' memberof the counterfeiting gang, according to the Waukegan Sun. Chief of Police Henry Peterson, of Deerfield, on Monday night brought the man, Sauver Ronsanver, 35, ‘of Chicago, Gary and Valparaiso, to the county jail on a warrant charging him with forging bonds with the inten- tions to defraud the village. , Ronsanver, Peterson advised Sher-1 . - iff Laivreneeiolittle, "effected his! Hospital Angina” Meek .', capture when he soixght to post 34,-? The regular meeting of the ISC. 000 in these forged bonds with a Val--f an's Auxiliary of the Highland P. i paraiso bank in order to get a loan of: hospital will be held at Trinity i $2,000. Bankers telephoned JamesL church variSh house, Wednesday? Hood, Deertteid president,and1earned‘= morning, Ma’y 8, at 10:30 o'eloeV that the instruments were spurious. iLunchmn will he. served. .i "I THE PRESS Road, jf, Aged Man Is Found . '; LOCAL SUPERVISORS I J.) Asphyxiated in His 1 HEAD comm Ts, Room; Is Accidental; F i ‘Mentztr was- arcarpenter and he 2 was still working ‘at his trade up to “Ki? .death. Two daughters and a" son a n e away from Highland Park. V v. Highland Park for 40 years, was found dead in his‘room at 15 Northl Green Bay road, Monday afternoon. Gas was escaping' from a stove in the room, and, from tools and other con- ditions about the place, the indica-5 tion was that the aged man had been making repairs on the gas stove and had been overcome. _. . _ T Mr. Mentzer had lived in thel house for some time with the former) owner, Mn Meierhoff, whose death oc-w cured a few weeks' ago. Mentzer con-1 tinned to occupy his room, and the, discovery of his dang. was made on; Monday by Trying eierhoff, when] he went to the house. He called the i police and Officer Martin Kepp went; to the house with Meierhoff and. Dr.i , Rogers was called in. P The doctor) pronounced the vietirrdead 'but thi pulmbtor squad of the fire department i, arrived and worked on Mentzer foil, two'hours. The body was then re- moved to the Prior funeral home. . _,, Anti; Crashes Result N in Big Damage Suits 'r Two suits, aggregating $35,000 in Edamages, were filed last week in cir- ieuit, court b Attorney J. A. Miller. _,'Bptlt were gm result of automobile '; accidents. _ ' i, In one R. .C.t Peterson, of ‘Kenoha, tasked $25,000eof Joseph Wiekersheim iof Grayslake; for an accident that l happened Dec. 2,1928, on Washington _street at Elwoo&:avenue. The attor- All tiisy eficihttirttrtst A8rtekersheinr struck- ' Peterson as he ewes- attempting to 1 board a street car. sMrickersheirn was ( arrested, he said, and, the case is still ipending. Peterson, he said, is still (.in the hospital., ' " _ . ","Atr'the inquest held"Monday after- noon the evidence indicated to the eoroner's jury that Mehtzer hid 'met his death by accident. Hewas'known to have told a’ tjeitrhborrree'et1tlt that his gas range needed repair; and a number. (if tools, and some putty Were toimd"ridar' the stove. He had been visiting 'with fiiends the night be- fore his -death, and he had given no indieatiorrthat he was suffering eith- ef uphysiCaIly' trr-tttttttally. TheTOro- '-ner-'tr-verdipr-was _t'tseiige_rrtrriiyith by asphyxiation.” - _ T' "r'." . The other suit waiiir,med by Mike Iyrgovich, bt Libertyyille, against'A. J. Antry, of Waukegan.". Autry, Bil- ler charged, had been drinking when he passed a street car on the wrong we on South Genesee street at Browning -Nov.s 25, 19%8, when he crashed into the' Libertiitille man. Drg6vielr, knocked to t ipavement, was seriously injured, tii attorney declared. Just the pm es were filed in both actions. _ -- John Mentzer, 75, a resident of A or will _ _ does ' . of ma I” t .', Comps the _ - T land isl'iflrua, Highland Park Members. of Board Fare Well in Appoint- ments; Complete List _ Highland. Bark members of the board of supervisors reeeivetrehtu.r- manships of important committees in the list F announced by Chairman James O'Connor of Deerfield when the board met Monday at Waukegan, "A; ‘W. Vercoe of this city retains the: chairmanship dtthe finance cop-. mittee which he has held several years'. Mr. Vereoe also is a mem: ber of other committees as follows: Med and bridge audit, settlement with-‘state’s attorney. ', Paul L.' Udell of HighlapdH'ark is chairman of the iai1,eotnmitted and mppiherrpCtlite hospital audit and printing sioiiiriirtteeE _ , ", _ W. E. Ble‘tsch' is chairman of the committee on poor/balance of county (except Waukegan; Shields and Deer, field townships) and is member: also of the Detention Home and Educa- tional committees. ' " V Charles Harbaugh is chairman of' theurommittee on settlement with the county tregspxjer and member also of, the c)stiuh'itieiE “(in '7 iiiifyrurmiiMiNts" and ‘grounds audit, resqlutions and settlement with "probate elefk and, county' farm. _ _ . . William J. Obee is chairman of the public buildings and grounds. com- mittee .and member also oflthe .com-, mittees on road and bridge and fe'es "a-tit-s-i-rt-aries.- __ __ -_f____, - slat N ofth Shore Police V ' Chiefs Hold Meeting Installation of the teletype system in all police stations along the north shore and the north-west suburbs of Chicago will beone of the first big steps. to be taken-by the organiza- tion cf police chiefs of the suburban cities, it was planned ara-meeting of the chiefs Monday'night at 'Niles Center. _ _ At the meeting it was ‘decldecl to éall the organization the North Coup- ty Police association and the object is-to obtain metropolitan police tws- tems for the tovins. T T A Hr'harles hr. 'HolmeS; poliée otiist at Niles C:enter,-wasr.. elected. temporary chairman and a committee will soon be appointed to call upon Commis- sioner of Polite Russell of Chicago in the interests. of studying Chieago's teietype system and 'determining what system is best fitted for use in the north 'shor'e towns. .. - The committee .will also ‘séek tp, hrocure’ a central switchboard sys- tem to ‘co-ordinate the departments of th'e.sixteen suburbs. V . Not AllBad While the legend of Cinderella mav he the story of one stepmother, it does pot even symbolize the story of many another. - If.yettyr? Home Companion. / "7 ' "" \lhe "Trrtice, seekers who linger around "President Hoover too long. Should note all this muscle he is get- thut up while trunehitttrthe medieimt ball. the meeting it was -deeidtd ti, Thur-my, May 2, 192t Sergeant ed at a ver on Mend,” Fort Sheri, for_§pmme! being move were five t: réfreshmen tiful prizes Thursday, Sergeani tertained Fred qud1 ning. The to the' Six and are le The Won the Betlw Thursday: thirty at t ger, 18 th The Hi1 tained the Forest coll Mrs. Co again. thy Womén VI ing, and i day. Mr. and cago are daughter, was form, of this cit 'Mrs.‘_ E tain the Redeemer noon; T Mr. an] 'hagve mov avenue, tc Mr.' an? Athvip1a, '11 Evanston. Loc Phon

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